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00:00The Middle Eastern crisis has been in the spotlight in recent weeks, with the month
00:11of October being marked by the attack in Lebanon on the UN UNIFIL base, which also includes
00:15an Italian contingent hit on the Tent by Israeli forces.
00:19The government's position was expressed by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto in a press
00:24briefing at Palazzo Chigi.
00:25The Israeli attack on the UNIFIL headquarters is unacceptable, said Defense Minister Guido
00:30Crosetto, who protested to Israeli Defense Minister Garland and summoned Tel Aviv's ambassador
00:35to Rome.
00:36The same day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Rome on a diplomatic tour
00:41of European capitals.
00:42In the evening, the meeting with Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni took place at Villa Pamphili
00:47in Rome.
00:48The Prime Minister reiterated Italy's support, also in their capacity as President of the
00:52G7, for the legitimate defense of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, to put Kyiv in the
00:56best possible condition to build a just and lasting peace.
01:00Palazzo Chigi also reports that Prime Minister Meloni has announced that the next Ukraine
01:04recovery conference will be held on July 10 and 11, 2025, in Rome.
01:10A week after the killing in Gaza of Hamas political leader Yair Sinwar, identified and
01:16eliminated in the strip by Israeli forces, who had been hunting him for more than a year
01:21since the Palestinian exponent had organized and led the massacre of October 7.
01:26Mr. Tajani was among the first to announce the news at the joint press briefing at Farnesina
01:31with his Polish counterpart Sikorski, during which the foreign minister expressed the hope
01:36that Sinwar's killing could lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.
01:41The mission of Prime Minister Meloni took place in the region, leaving early the work
01:45of the European Council in Brussels to reach Jordan, where she reiterated the government's
01:49support for a nation that is a fundamental element for the stability on the region.
01:53In the bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II, particular attention was paid to the humanitarian
01:58situation in Gaza.
02:00The second stop on her trip to the Middle East was Lebanon, the first leader in the
02:04country of the Seder after the start of ground operations by the Israeli Armed Forces, where
02:09she met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the President of the Parliament
02:14Nabi Berri.
02:15Tajani also met with the leaders of the Italian mission in Lebanon.
02:20The following week, the mission of Foreign Minister Tajani to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and
02:25Ramallah for meetings with the heads of Israeli and Palestinian diplomacy.
02:28We are working for the ceasefire and the release of the hostages, Tajani announced, and we
02:33insist on the need to create two states that recognize each other in order to have a stable
02:38and lasting peace.
02:41On his return to Italy, Minister Tajani participated in the G7 Development Ministers' Meeting
02:46in Pescara, which saw the first meeting between representatives of Lebanon, Palestine and
02:51Israel, the humanitarian conference led by the Foundations for the resumption of a relevant
02:56dialogue between the countries of the Middle East, as stated in the final declaration,
03:01and the members of the G7 reiterated their appeal for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon
03:05in accordance with UN resolutions.
03:07An exceptional result for the Italian Presidency underlined the Minister of Foreign Affairs
03:11and Cooperation Antonio Tajani in the final press conference.
03:17Italy can deploy its knowledge and skills at the service of the biotechnology sector.
03:22This was stated by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaking at the Farnesina as a representation
03:27of the Interim Report of the Working Table for the Internationalization of Companies
03:31in the Biotechnology Sector.
03:33To be increasingly competitive, we must focus on innovation and growth, on the diplomacy
03:37of growth, Tajani said, announcing that the General State of Export will be held in December
03:43as part of the Ambassadors' Meeting, with the aim of making the latter field an integral
03:47part of the strategy.
03:49The 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World took place from 14th
03:54to 20th October, promoted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, with the
03:58participation of the network of Italian embassies and cultural institutes.
04:02The 2024 edition presented at the Farnesina was dedicated to the theme Italian and Books,
04:08the world between the lines, with the aim of exploring the connection between language
04:12and literature in the contemporary world, while at the same time announcing the role
04:16of books as a vehicle of Italian cultural heritage, values and identity.